She was a little depressed, "Mom, if you had told me earlier that you wanted to give them away, I would have kept at least 20 more. Now what are we going to eat for the New Year?" She had a sullen face, she really couldn't outsmart her mother.
"I was thinking your mother knew to save some braised eggs to give away. She's more sensible this year than last. So it was you who saved them." Yan Bingfa laughed at the side. "I'm afraid she thought it wouldn't be worthwhile to eat them. Giving them away would be a favor."
"That's what I thought." Zhou said confidently, "Even if you eat it, you'll eat it. Giving it to someone else can also make them think of it. There's still plenty of meat for the New Year. I'll ask Shufeng to go to the village and pick up some vegetables. There will definitely be some for you."
What could Chunxiao do? Fortunately, only some eggs were lost, and the meat was not taken away. It was probably because the meat was expensive and her mother was reluctant to give it away.
At noon, the five people who went out returned together. The braised meat was still sold out, but there were still more than ten pounds of charcoal left. Thinking that it was New Year's Day tomorrow, they did not go around any longer and went back together.
With everyone present, Chunxiao moved on to the main event of the day: dividing the money. First came the charcoal money. From the recent charcoal sales, the two brothers each received 4 taels and 55 copper coins, while she herself received 12 taels and 165 coins, of which she gave 165 coins to Zhou. Then came the money from the two days' braised pork sales.
"We haven't discussed how to divide the money from selling braised meat before."
"How else can we split it? Isn't it like selling charcoal, 20% for us and 60% for you?" Yan Dahe looked at her, "Or how else do you want to split it?"
"I won't divide the braised meat sales this way. My two sisters-in-law and Shuwen are the ones selling it, and they work the hardest. I plan to give you 30% each and I'll take 40%."
Tian rubbed her hands aside and said, "Little sister, this is not good. It's actually easy to sell. We can sell it better today than yesterday. This recipe is yours, and you and mother made it under our supervision. We both take the lion's share, and it always feels like we're taking advantage of you. How about we do it the same way as with charcoal, and give us 20%? We have no objection."
"Sister-in-law, you don't want to take advantage of me, and I don't want you to suffer any loss either. If we want to do this for a long time, I will have to owe you a lot. I think this is how we should split it."
She then took a piece of paper and began to calculate. The profit from the braised pork over the past two days was 6 taels, 9 qian, and 36 wen. After deducting the cost, the profit was 3 taels and 38 wen. She gave 911 wen each to Tian and Zhang, "This is what you earned over the past two days." Then she gave Tian 60 wen and Zhang 62 wen, "This is the cost of the eggs. Okay, the money is divided."
Tian and Zhang were even more excited to receive the money than the charcoal money. This money was earned by themselves without any help from anyone, and it was of great significance.
"Auntie, I did help." Shuwen came in from outside.
Chunxiao returned to the room and took out the five candied haws from the cabinet. "Take this. I saved this for you."
"Auntie, I'm not a child anymore." Although Shuwen was happy holding the candied haws, he still showed dissatisfaction.
"Okay, I know you're a man now. In two years, let your mother find you a beautiful wife, and your aunt will give you some betrothal gifts, okay?"
When Shuwen heard this, he said, "That's nonsense." Then he scratched his head and walked out embarrassedly.
Everyone laughed, "He's feeling shy now."
“You’ve grown up!”
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